Certification Taking Back Seat To Regulation, FAA Officials Say

A backlog of certification projects is building up at FAA, to industry's frustration, as FAA concentrates its dwindling budget and personnel on safety issues, agency officials said yesterday. Tom McSweeny, director of aircraft certification, said that "quite frankly, our most important priority is...

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